Publication: Entertainment Weekly [US]
Date: February 26, 1996
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Title: "Status Of Symbol"
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Joel and Ethan Coen's upcoming black comedy FARGO includes a most curious end credit: Listed as "Victim in Field" (an innocent bystander shot in the back after witnessing a cop's murder) is . Could it be...? "Oh, no., it wasn't actually Prince," says producer Ethan Coen. "Believe me, I would've noticed." The symbol, explains Coen, belongs to the Storyboard Artist Formerly Known as J. Todd Anderson, a crew member who changed his name just in time for his acting debut. But Coen says that the Purple One need'nt fear his mark being usurped. "It's not the same," says Coen."Prince's symbol is sort of longways; J. Todd Anderson's is sideways." Anyway, adds Coen, "I don't think you can copyright a name. There are a lot of people named J. Todd, who me J. Todd Anderson?